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Historical Events

1534 - Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish

1876 - 1st crematorium in US begins operation, Washington, Pennsylvania

1971 - Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as US Supreme Court justice

1973 - Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro Agnew who resigned over corruption allegations

1981 - Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18

1988 - STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission

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Famous Birthdays

1835 - Wilhelm Rudolf Fittig, Hamburg, German Chemist (synthesizing organic compounds)

1914 - Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs and England opener)

1916 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (d. 1986)

1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), born in
Berlin (d. 2016)

1976 - Lindsay Price, Arcadia CA, actress (Bold and Beautiful, All My Children)

1995 - Joy Gruttmann, German singer

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Famous Deaths

1889 - Jozef Neuhuys [Joseph Hendrikus Neuhuys], Dutch painter, dies at 48

1892 - [Ernst] Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (siemens electrical conductance unit and Siemens corporation), dies at 75

1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)

1989 - John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun, Miracle on 34th Street), dies aged 77

1989 - Sammy Fain, composer, dies at 87

2011 - Dobie Gray [Lawrence Brown], American musician and singer (Drift Away), dies of cancer at 71

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